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D. H. Lawrence

I, the man with the red scarf,
  Will give thee what I have, this last week’s earnings.
Take them, and buy thee a silver ring
  And wed me, to ease my yearnings.

For the rest, when thou art wedded
  I’ll wet my brow for thee
With sweat, I’ll enter a house for thy sake,
  Thou shalt shut doors on me.

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From New Poems | B. W. Huebsch, 1918

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